Ming–Qing Transition

1618–1683 China Status: ended Casualties: ~25 million

Nurhaci unified the Jurchens, his son Hong Taiji declared the Qing, and Dorgon entered Beijing in 1644 after Li Zicheng's rebels had already toppled the last Ming emperor. Conquest of southern China and Taiwan took forty more years.

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Belligerents

Manchu Qing (Nurhaci, Dorgon)
Ming Dynasty
Li Zicheng's Shun rebels
Southern Ming

Casualties

~25 million

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.